[2Pac]  As the world turns..  As the world turns my ni**az grow and grow and grow  and get dough and roll and ride  ni**az die and mommas cry  ni**az got alibis and suicides and homicides  and three strikes and yo' life and my life and times change  And ni**az fame, as the world turns..    Though I walk thru the valley of hell the shadow follows me  Wisdom hard to swallow tomorrow expect apologies  You probably panic, stranded in search of a better planet  Realism hard to understand, we stand slanted  and still stranded, merciless thieves stole the best of me  I pray to black Jesus to please take the rest of me  And still, the best of us build, and reach monetary gains  Some of us kill, but still, most of us can change   if we search deeper, god bless the hustler, curse the first sleeper  Enemies get beside me, flows go deeper inside  We we ride plots keep all my enemies blinded  Time will soon show, a thought can last for years  Outshinin them fakes smile plastic tears  like last year, ni**az stuck in the past, and it's clear  Just some busta a*s bastards allergic to cash this year  Makaveli for the Mob, M-O-B  Killin bustaz is my motherf**kin job, him or me  Lyrically fatally driven, ni**az reported missin  My competition dead or in prison, as the world turns...    [Chorus: Darryl 'Big D' Harper, (Tupac - in background)]    (Turns.. turns, turns, turns, and turns  My ni**az grow and grow and grow  and gettin dough and dough and dough  from this state to that state  from this cell to that cell, as the world turns)    As the world keeps turnin round and round  It's gon' be goin round as the world turns.. and steady turnin    [Young Noble]  As the world turn burnin paths, starin through my rearview  It's a war goin on, and the President is in too  I hear Tu-Pac sayin, "Watch em they'll kill you"  Sippin Thug Pa*sion, scrub actin like he feel you  Steady plottin, ready or not; Outlawz lost   but not forgotten, from Gittere to Compton  A spitter of the hotness, long timeness  So like six I ain't never been rich  I need cream, to buy Ellene a dream house  She no longer fiend out y'all, Outlawww    [Napoleon]  Another lonely ni**a with a 12-gage pump  with a 12-hour rush to run and get this money, f**k these punks  Road rules I swim in the dirt, I stay in some skirt  I hit where it hurts, I ride or die for my turf  I ride or die for Makaveli the legendary war thug ni**a  Kadafi betta unslug this ni**a, Seike betta undrug this ni**a  Out of the buildin we street children with no souls  Our hearts gon' stay cold, the war gon' stay on  We serve em, like Pac told us to, catch em wet with the tec  Hit em in the neck and watch him die like he supposed to  Napoleon the front line soldier, front times over  Rider for the mightly dollar rather drunk or sober  ni**a talkin thug walkin all through yo' squad  Y'all ni**az scared by a dog, I got my fo'-fo' for y'all  It's like a hot, heated day homie, warfare don't play homie  Better be prepared than try to dunk away from these strays homie  Worlds turn, thangs burn, all in one shot  Rest in peace to the fallen soldiers, all that we got  As the world turns..    [Chorus: Darryl 'Big D' Harper, (Tupac - in background)]    (And my ni**az roll and ride, hahaha  ni**az gettin swoll out  And it don't stop and it don't quit  That real s**t! As the world turns..  ni**az die for  How many you ni**az try for this? As the world turns  Murderin methods.. haha OUTLAW!)    As the world keeps turnin round and round  It's gon' be goin round as the world turns.. and steady turnin  As the world keeps turnin round and round  It's gon' be goin round as the world turns..    [E.D.I. Amin]  Only haters caught feelings, when my homie caught millions  And acquired the desired status of boss livin  We cross driven, cornered into a life that's hellish  Payin our dues with bloodshed, ain't s**t y'all could tell us  Fellas - mount up, it's time for battle, it's on now  Two worlds collidin armies ridin soldiers, gone wild  Sometimes I think my glory days was back in my youth  I sought too for family, but I got it lost in these ounces  Now as the world turns court adjourns, I'm sentenced to burn  The cost of my sins too much, nuttin left to earn    [Kadafi]  October 9th 1977 first day out my baby carriage  Married my Mack-11 hit the block playin  Only five years up in this bi**h, poppa runnin from the Feds  Puttin peanut butter on the walls to hide his prints  Me on my own, not yet grown but only man of the home  to protect my zone in these streets I roam  Dough on d-low, downin straight shots of Cristal Brothers  Hundred dollar snot box on cee-lo, f**k eighth  I need a kilo, got a plot, move my block down state  Got the drop on the spot, movin pounds of weight  f**k my fate and lots of loot to burn, a hustler's yearn  for this dirty money earned as this crooked world turns    [Chorus: Darryl 'Big D' Harper (repeats as Tupac speaks)]    [2Pac]  Hahaha.. as the world turns..  and turns and turns and turns.. haha  This for the soldiers out there involved in the everyday struggle  Hopin to bubble, keep on hustlin, as the world turns  Money come and go, hoes come and go, foes come and go  Friends come and go.. my soldiers, stay eternal  Outlaw Immortalz, dedicated  I send this to black Jesus, only he can feed us  When you need us, as the world turns  Throw this s**t in the deck, hahah  ni**az gettin chin checked  From the East to the West best to wear a vest  ni**a we ain't the ones to test, f**k you  As the world turns  Outlaw ridahs, Mutah right beside us  Camillion, wanna make a million  Haha legit, as the world turns.. haha..   Burn baby burn    [Napoleon]  A lot of ni**az get burned as the world turns  A lot of ni**az gettin burned as the world turns..  Gettin burned as the world turns